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Magnolia boughs. Cotton bolls. "Dixie." Virginia Reel. Plantations tied to land grants. Floor length white dresses for coeds. White jackets with black plantation ties for the guys. Ah, it was all ...
Many variations of the Virginia Reel exist, and every dance caller will have his or her preference. Below is the dance as described in the "Multicultural Folk Dance Guide" by Christy Lane and ...
Square Dance Wichita Falls is hosting an Old Fashioned Barn Dance on August 30th at the Square Dance Land Dance Hall, with ...
She and her daughter, Cheyenne Rich, 22, got into the rhythm at one of Wading River’s nights sashaying back and forth in the Virginia reel, a folk dance dating to the 17th century.
Those wishing to dance the Virginia reel like Rhett and Scarlett have a ballroom to practice in again.A long, narrow ballroom – and the rest of President John Tyler’s Sherwood Forest ...
It was early colonists, however, that brought the dance from England to Virginia. As the dance spread throughout the colonies, it became known as the Virginia Reel (see related story above).